The turn of the 19th century saw the dawn of Romanticism. This artistic and cultural movement was constantly striving for new ideas and new beginnings, during a particularly turbulent time in social, political and natural history. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all the romantic masters and their works today.
The reason and order of the classical period were balanced out in the romantic period by emotion and imagination. The word romanticism is derived from the French literary terms roman and romantique. Programme music uses melodies and instrumental colours to tell a story, to take the listener on a musical journey. The most prominent of all program music is undoubtedly the symphonic poem, created, explored and developed by composers such as Franz Liszt and Bedřich Smetana.
Compared to the Classical Period, the melodies of the romantic period became less and less regular and symmetrical, and the harmony more and more chromatic and dissonant. As the romantic period progressed, the possibilities of traditional tonality became more and more exhausted, and the beginning of the 20th century saw the departure from classical structure and form, and the movement towards modern and contemporary classical music.
In order to broaden the sound palate which set the mood and atmosphere for the romantic period, new instruments began to appear in the orchestra, and voices began to be deployed, choirs and soloists began to be introduced into traditional instrumental works. Throughout the 19th century, the fashion was expansion, both in music for Symphony Orchestra and in Choral Music, the forces grew and grew, far beyond the imagination of any of the classical composers of the previous century.
In the 19th century, Opera flourished, be it Italian verismo, French "Grand Opera", or Wagner’s new world of music theatre. The most important opera composers of the 19th century were Giacomo Meyerbeer, Gioacchino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, Vincenzo Bellini, Jacques Offenbach, Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi.
for: Mixed choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 337825
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 890000
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 889554
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 889456
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 889112
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 889019
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 889013
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 888300
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 888260
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 888194
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 921471
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 921394
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 921310
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 921293
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 921161
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 921155
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 921000
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 893915
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 893369
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 922407
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 922212
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 922036
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 921986
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 921858
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 921766
for: Flute
Score
Item no.: 921731
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 921706
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 239148
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 893173
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 893029
for: Violin
Sheet music
Item no.: 892014
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 891535
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 891519
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 890848
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 890164
for: Guitar or Lute
Score
Item no.: 330449
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 923037
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 922809
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 922573
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1207070
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 214808
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1020700
for: Eb Saxophone
Buch
Item no.: 912572
for: Cello
Single part Cello
Item no.: 162836
for: Voice (medium), piano
Item no.: 358777
for: Voice, piano
OTHER
Item no.: 1207086
Lyric book
Item no.: 218281